New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-18
THE TALK OF TIE D1Y

Tho Fargo detective who offered S25 reward fol
Conformation regarding anything crooked has been
referred to the Red River
There were about half dozen of them and they
had been OIL somewhere in the country They were al
numerous cottages pretty woman accidentally turned
Eerchefs waving wildly in the breeze in one Instant
BY, JoveA she's pretty. wonder who she Is
at wasn't. ID was meant for mo-" said cvcrybody
but little old man sitting on tho bottom of the wagon
SWELL he said, "IIl bet it was not meant for me-
"Because that was nv Wife"
And dead silence fell on tic plcnic.-(San Fran
cisco Chronicle
"Those who act right walk with the stars" says
Phillips Brooks; but Mrs Potter's idea appears to be
that those who act VOL enough become stars
Would I were lying in Q field OF clover,
OF clover cool and soft, and soft and sweet
With dusHy clouds in deep skies hanging over
And scented silence at my head and feet.
MARY Ashley Townsend.
A Boston statloncrs store was entered by thieves
the other day, who helped themselves to 500 worth
Of stylographic pens. There is consolation-the
aforesaid thieves will certainly die Of vexaton when
they try to make the things work.
Kentucky Judge-You are charged with maliciously
stabbIng tho plaintiff. Guilty OF. not guilty.
Prisoner plead guilty. your Honor, and am sorry
not have acted so badly had been in my right mind.
Jodge.This temporary insanity dodge is chest
and as was standing 1t the bar quietly drinking
glass OF water this man:
Judge (eIctedlyl-Drinking water1
PrtsOner.Yes. your bOnor' aId as I~ ~. a..
lunatic in irons and place him In jail until we can
confer with the asylum authorities. Amert-
can.
Good and glad tidlngs to Prohlbitionists-" The
Lowell vox Populi" makes the announcement that
John Sherry is his way TO Europe.
eyes" said q Minneapolis man, "poor Jim's dead
He the squarest most honest man l ever knew"
az don't exactly know. He hasn't been we'll ever
since he lived In st. Paul. / reckon he JUST pinon
away and died Of sheer MISUNDERSTANDING
Critic.
new member Of Congress Is said to have described
himself in tho biographical notice furnished by him
to the official directory follows II am six feet
tall, woigh 2lo pounds, have soft auburn hair and
largo blue eyes" The darling
Sarah Bernhard gives 1t out cold and fat that she
is gong to pay her debts right away. Three cheers
for Sarah Three cheers and ar1ut she aneauy
possesses the tiger minneapolis Tribune.
Speaking Of condolences 1t Is odd that Nebraska
farmer should have had seven horses KILLED. by ngh-
ming in seven years; and yet not more strange tnap
that they should have all been struck dead the same
day.
Mr.. Poplniay-"Woman's curiosity amuses NE "
Mrs. Popin Jay" Aha-by the way, what the stain
Mr. PcpinIay-"Pant. was coming by Blob
son's fence and lust touched my finger u SEE IL IL
was dry "-GBurlinston Free Press.
French aeronaut set out to beat all previous
records for height, during his last ASCENSION sno
though no failed by about three miles he annouhceo
tho result In a telegram beginning Victory" The
Kentucky Democrats should hire him to wre coll
torals on their recent election.
Old Gentleman (asAing a few quesuons)-"NOw.
bOy- can you tell me what commandment huain
broke when no took the forbidden fruit " emaI
AZ, olar dixie a fash "Pcase SIR, tn w0rnt no com
mandments then sir!n Questioner sits corecteu.-
(Town and Country.
1t IA the little things Of this life that bother US;
ono yclow- Jacket at "A camp-meetns Will ruin whole
SERMON -(BalumOre American.
"Chief Justice Of the supreme Bench OF Madsop
square" Is the title conferred by Western paper
Oh George Francis Train
no FISHING FOR HIM
All the fools may go fishing
II they choose;
I've no patience that / IN wishing
Thus to lose.
Let them brOil meath sun, ana s"citr
Give to me
But the genial shade and shelter
or tree.
Ife Is far too great a treasure,
And the cost
OF such mOclery OK pleasure
IS time lost.
No. / have no use lot hshes
on line, 49,,
Therefore served in hlnty dshes
-tBoston Budget